William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
- Monash Uni Student Theatre
- Alexander Theatre
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
$23 - $59
Past Event
MUST presents
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
Featuring a dynamic cast of 23, MUST returns to The Alexander Theatre with Macbeth; “the purest shot of Shakespeare one can get. His shortest tragedy, it’s a potent showcase of how ambition and power can corrupt and consume.” The Australian Financial Review
Featuring evocative, razor-sharp verse that gallops along, the play is a “supreme theatrical poem with a language that eats into the soul. Once heard, it haunts the memory forever.” The Guardian
The corrosive nature of Macbeth’s unbridled power-lust and political ambition speak to us with contemporary immediacy. Violence begets violence, and insecurity breeds brutal tyranny. The play speaks to the danger of equating masculine worth with bold unilateral action and brute strength. It speaks to the repercussions of disregarding humanity in pursuit of glory. It draws the audience into the mental anguish of a murderer who is simultaneously a free agent and a victim of fate.
“Stars, hide your fires,
Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
In partnership with MPAC, MUST returns to the Alexander Theatre where, under the direction of Artistic Director Yvonne Virsik, they have staged some of their most memorable productions:
Spring Awakening:
“I was rendered speechless … pure ecstasy” ★★★★★ Theatrepeople
“… beautiful and affecting… you are left with your heart in your mouth…Bravo… it really is that good.” ★★★★★ Aussie Theatre:
David Finnigan’s Kill Climate Deniers:
“compelling and electric theatre that needs to be seen” Australian Arts Review
“will undoubtedly be one of the best shows I see this year.” My Melbourne Arts
MUST’s production of Shakespeare in Love:
“an absolute triumph” Lowan Sist, Executive Officer MSA
“gloriously theatrical” Cathy Hunt, President Australian Women Directors’ Alliance
Join us for MUST’s intensely theatrical and profoundly personal production of Macbeth.
MUST presents Macbeth
Direction: Yvonne Virsik
Set Design: Callum Dale
Costume Design: Marni McCubbin
Lighting Design: Ryan Mangold
This production is proudly supported through collaboration with Monash University Performing Arts Centres and the Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Major Campuses and Student Engagement.
MUST, or Monash Uni Student Theatre, is a department of the Monash Student Association.
Image by Elena Ruefenacht
